Posted on March 31, 2022
Key points
This is an update of my post published on March 31, 2011:
This was a guy who liked to blow things up!
A guy who loved anything that spewed from the ground!
A guy who knew his chemistry and made some inventions and discoveries.
Born in Germany on this day in 1811, Robert Bunsen invented the Bunsen burner. This piece of laboratory equipment uses gas to produce a single open flame that can be used to sterilize instruments and to heat or burn substances. He also developed some ways to analyze gas and a method of using a spectroscope to identify elements. With Gustav Kirchhoff, he discovered cesium and rubidium.
Celebrate…
…by burning things or blowing things up—but only if you have an adult and a safe lab or outdoor area in which to do your chemistry experiments!!!
Here are some more great experiments.
If you don’t have a safe place and a helping adult, watch some episodes of Mythbusters, if you can find them. Those guys are ALWAYS blowing stuff up!
Also on this date:
Transfer Day on U.S. Virgin Islands
Author/ editor Andrew Lang’s birthday
Freedom Day in Malta
National “She’s Funny That Way” Day
Reindeer Driving Competition
Culture Day in Pohnpei
National Crayon Day
Kintsugi
Cesar Chavez Day
Plan ahead:
Check out my Pinterest boards for:
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April holidays
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April birthdays
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Historical anniversaries in April
And here are my Pinterest boards for:
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May holidays
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May birthdays
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Historical anniversaries in May
